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CiiARLOTi-i: hailv (;rjutra:, Ja:cu . J TVBfflETIi f CENTORY ; HOTELj jrhlshltigs and luxuries Provided In Modern ; lostelry Exceed Julie' VemeV Wildest Dreams a thought rem the itxstjc- V f 'a CESSr'CL, 'orreseiidenc of The Observer. . i -; New.York," Jan. J7, Wlth all ls im aginatlve geniua, Jules Verne never ooneeived the idea of the twentleth eemtttry hotel. The man who described th Journeys of a submarine boat a quarter of a century "before the na tion the world found such a ves sel practable for the purpose of war fare1 never once hinted that the time wouJ4.com when the model hostelry and furniture:' , an easy quickly done task, and, at the same'tlme. ,a most efficacious war of removing-, the at, which la not raised in one part of the room only to fall In another. . but is carried down to the 'basement and there ejected. ' ' f Downstairs In the kitchen potatoes and other vegetables are poured Into a revolving circular bin, with a bot tom like a cheese grater, and peeled by the peck in less time than a man -wanild tui MiiinfMl Tint mure I v with Its i owtt electric plant and telephones in I wun a anne couia p crraump- Ktms and elevators, and machinery I pies for a pie. AH the while clean wat for keeping the air In every apart-! er , Is running through the bin, and vment tresh and pure day and night, ! when the peeling Is over the vegeta but also with useful devises 'hardiv ' btes are automatically deposited in a 5 leas magical than Aladdin's lamp. j banket. Electric marvels are every A Veritable mechanical wonderland j where freexlng Ice cream, chopping 4. h twontioih wninrv hi.tel. It Is aDt and slicing meat, moulding butter. to Wattle a guest at first If lie should i cleaning and sharpening knives and ( stroll Into one of the department head , ' garters of the Astor. the latest of the ' big metropolitan hotels, to see a pencil writing messages automatically on a 'vjroll of paper kept moving by some in vlaible force; yet this is but a part of ) h telautograph, whi.-h is used to v transmit orders from one department 1ip another. The ma.n who writes the , order uses a machine that is verv l" 1 -iwits.h l(v tlm rnni rivences lined bv the clerks In a department more; but ! chines which cut the Ice for the bar kneadlne dough: while from a bin on the kitchen floor all the garbage Is automatically fed to a blast furnaca beneath and the heat from this fur nace is turned Into a boiler which gen erates 50 horse power of steam for use In the kitchen. There are, two ice plants that can manufacture 60 tons a day. Special boxest freeae filtered Milwaukee' Sentinel. - - ' When you. who have reached the summit. " The goal of vnur ktne jmneht horwiL i Look down from your crept, your glory To the ones "im the Ares rr alone. - ; Have you thought of the feeble effort ;' Of thoa .who are. not so Jitrana , . Pf the ones who strain and strlv to gain . A piace in ine enoies wrong t , - , When the tide of success engulfed yon.V You who've 'attained the end. , : : And the songs of cheer, - came ringing Clear, - . t - v k w, ''In harmony's sweetest blend, Have you thought of th on who blind ly v i - n Groped with an outstretched hand- When your race was woa-lid you see the one v . ..',, . Who failed to understand T ,' " You who have trod the pathway. f - v-.V5 And know of Its thorn and stone. r. And knew what lies on the road re- eyes All wear may claim their own. Whose goal may never be won, 'v tf Once given heed to the word 1 and the deed That might have .been said and done? He Wouldn't Be Robbed. Kancas City ptar. I John Olson, a rnnchman f rm Oklaho ma, was the victim of a new confidence game last night. The game is new. at leant to the police of Kansas City. Here is Olson's story as he I told It in police court this morning when arraigned . on the charge of being drunk: , "I was In a saloon on Union avenue lust night," he said, "when a man came up to me and said: 'You bad better go ciir.i;n wi.nr.i-Nu i. water for the carafes on the dinning j jw ' Ib JESSS' room tables; and there are other ma-! -..-1fYt SSV rol - ihe marvellnuH oart of this latest fea- 11 ' ture Of hotel maiuigernent is that while the message l brini? written by hand 1 , Jt is being duplicated mechanically up-i- On a receiving machine perhaps ten torle distant. Nor. now that the American Invent Into neat cubes or shave It to the thinness of tissue paper. For the apparatus that supplies the power to the machines, great and small, more than a hundred mech&n- Irs, stokers and engineers are requlr i ed, nor does this force Include the i ror has studied her case, ran the cham- men working at the kitchen equlp- bermaid continue to be elusive. In this ; mt,nt and In the blacksmith's shop. ? hotel she is found whenever ahe Is These shops are all tucked away In wanted. When she enters a chamber ! the lower basement, forty feet below She Inserts a small electric globe into ! the city's great thorougfare, together a socket oil the frame of the hall door. ! with the headquaters of the army of jThls little globe Instantly lights up, r- mechanics a large office, with a head you tlO vou are robbed before minniKnc,- naia tne stranger. ' i ll take It,' J aid'. "We tut tho money on the bar, 20 In all, and then the stranger put the mon ey In his pocket. " 'Now you lone,' said the stranger, us he walked out the door. 'You have been robbed, haven t you? "That's the last I remember. I had few dollars left and I sot drunk." Jainex Morton, a patrolman, testified ; oui of business. iiiiii ue iLiivaica wim hi Pimm anu Walnut streets about midnight. Written for The Observed v , ., ' IJokesmlths laugh fit love-cpt when It's thelT tura.' ' ' ' i ' ' ;JB thsrt regardettv , tha, purse 'Ul nvr iarry j, ts, v , iv The alowesttthJnr n tha wartd th letter wished for. , . '.'. -1 , PrsvatUng. opinion "often gets .hard The man whd views llf a a dream is apt t,o ret Awakened out of -It ; The drunkard never without . an excuse, ' " it's s-ettlns i' . nowadays that - man's college credentials are. bis scars. Th rlslnv vonnsr man often goe in to 1 eclipse toefora-ha reachea.the -nlth. f , When a woman ananks her son aha little knows how much trouble she. la saving some police force of the future. If "the perfection of art a to con.4 ceal art" tt ought : t be told; to soma of our magazine cover artists. - , It's easy enough for a person who hx alreariv had hut tooth Pulled tO Of fer words of cheer to the next victim In line. . . X. If some men's conception of liberty were realised no one else would have any peace. . The married man Isn't obliged to leave home to pick up a row. It people got all the free things that i a! are advertised in the monthlies the I honest merchant would soon m pui Steamboat Ran Into Hock of Geese. Washington Star. A mule's a tnuje for a' that. It's wis to go slow unless you tret In front of an automobile. The wind bloweth where it llsteth Cunt. Raliv rtt-eA tnuator nf th. rivor ' and that la UBUaltv unaer a man a steamer Harry Kandall, reports a sin-1 new silk hat. ! gulur occurrence that happened on the ...,. fh mre o and Mrip ..f his steamer up the river Thurs- Money makes the mare go, sna tny night. Captain Iteed says that the ! sometimes run away. , I intention of the men in the pilot house' The .ow- coach Is sometimes the j wsa mtracted to a singular noise in th! w .. , lair over the steamer like she wan ! ure'1' j.fiMsiTiir throught a fltick of big birds, j Hope deferred maketh the heart Turning on the searchiirht. It was r) if- ii, r ! Bii tv nam If vou M'vricu iiini m. iaiKn ikii;ii in wun i geesf. flying low, had run afoul of the j steamer, and blinded by the rnys of the I Kciirrhllfrht, were flying wildly about the smokestack. Several of the big birds (at ruck the stack, but fell Into the wa i ter, where they could not be recovered I In the darkness. The men on the steam er fired on the geese, but failed to bring any home, though they claim they shot sever.il. I In the ItMCment of a Modern Hotel. vesting her whereabouts, and at the engineer, his assistants, clerks aame time a little glass button on a i and tok-keepr. .tellers dial In the office downstairs becomes luminous. As of course every room is connected by telephone with the office this novel signal system enables the clerk to summon the maid for anv , guest who wants her without delav. 1 1n. the up-to-date hotel the. days of j', the old puzzle of' find-the chambermaid i-' have gone, never to return. 1 Equally wonderful are the devises 7 adapted by the enterprising hotel man !.-,. to protect his guests from danger in tfc;:aae- of fire, in uddltlon to the ordi nary apparatus there is a device in every room in Ihe Astor which, sends . In an alarm of fire whenever the : i temperature uround it Is abnormally j blgfy and the Instant the alarm sounds visit the office desk In the busement, the . hotel fire brigade responds. While this machine render it practically Impos ' , slble tor a fire to gain any headway ' before It is discovered, at the same time precautions have been taken to fmeet the most serious emergancy. For i.-example, the twelve elevators In the . building are in constant rommunlca- . tlon by telephone, not only with the nf- In addition to supplying the wine for use In their own dlnnlng-rooms. city hotels carry on a brisk tracje with outside customers, and in the 'cellars of the Astor is machinery which can wash, cork and uncock, cap and wrap with tinsel a thousand bottle a day. There, too, devices resembling type writers stamp out paper stencils for marking and addressing the boxes, thus doing away with the old fashion ed metal stencil and the still mo e antiquated scrawl of the inartistic porter. In one Instance, nt least, the elec trical wonderworks In use In the twentieth-century hotel have a serio comic side. For many years the po lice commlsloners and the managers of the hotels 2nd theatres, not to mention the private citizens suffering from loss of sleep, have been trying to abolish the nuisance attending the mlx-up of carriages afte the curtain goes dwn or after the orchestra In the ballroom has played the Hst waltz One Improvement which has been generally adopted Is an electric screen over the hotel or theatre exit, upon fireedy Seagulls. Tncoma Ledger. A Nanaimo fisherman had a unique experience with a flock of s;itulls sev eral evenings ago. He reached Nanai mo In im open bout containing two tons or herring. While uptown the seagulls took posses sion of the boat. On his return all but sixty Hew away. This number had so gorged themselves with herring that they could not fly, but hooped about In a state of helplessness. The fisherman finally climbed Into the boat and lifted them overboard. They were able to swim with an effort, and moat of them went ashore to recover from the effects of their feast. Big Kagle Killed In Florida. De Kuniak llreoze. Mr. IIU1 Corson killed a buld eagle down on Till last week that measured seven fpet and two Inches from tip to tip of Its wings and wan big enough al most to carry off a grown sheep. get the girt right away. , , The patience of a man waiting his turn at the bar Is a beautiful spec tacle. Don't, monkey with a buza-saw nor with a dyspeptic before breakfast It's hard for a atout man to con vince people that he hasn't been brought up on the bottle. The man who often repents Is not apt to reform. It is safe to tell a man of his faults if you first flatter him for the good that's In him. A great show Of gratitude Is some times an overture for further causa for it. Absentmindedness Is more often an indication of weakmtndcdnes than It Is of genius. As soon as a man begins to have convictions about how the world should be run then there is trouble In store for him. It is all right for a man to get up as early in the morning as he wishes provided his neighbors may have the same privilege. It takes a strong stomach to love all mankind. Successful men, like good biscuits, ore pot made by recipe. Important Social Function Au.on.'j 1 Wealthy Visitor lieral !ctl ly . Irums and Horns lios intal.ty Shown by Bridegroom's l'a rents tilft Bearers on wnne jraurejs Uoat With Scarlet lUbbons, , Hongkong Telegraph, . , - Comparatively few Europeans have had the opportunity -of witnessing the pomp and circumstanca which, attend the wedding oartmontea of wealthy Chinese gentleman, and therefore - the invited guests at the wedding of the son ot Iau Chtt Pate participated In a unique festival and enjoyea an expert ence which was all tn more uueri I ng because of its rarity.-' The ground; were decorated . for the occasion and ihe interior of Ardmore w-lavishly embellished. In the early f morning, from ? till Ifr a. m. Chinese. frtenda of Mr. Lau chu.Fak called and -offered their nnntratulatlona. From noon till 4 o'clock the Europeans were received and there was a very representative mthnrtnr of the Civil , Service and government departments and of the mercantile community at Mr: tu Cnu Pak'a residence. ' -.,,-.: -.j.-,.-- Mr. Lu Chu Pafc attired in man darin's dress with feather and crystal button, personally received the guests as. they arrived, and introduced them to his son. Mr. Lau Wing- Ching, the bridegroom-elect, who . also appeared in met costume ot an viuvmu,. vu. wm distinguished by the red scarf which was crossed like a ribbon on hia breast while his headgear was a fancy ar rangement of scarlet. - -...". . The approach of visitora was , her alded by. a fanfare of drums and Chi nese horns which made people, -even those accustomed to the bias of pub lic opinion, wince in embarrassment. The musicians teemed:, to . divine U a guest, for. almost before he! appeared at the entrance - toiMArdmora5 they struck up the high and Shrill Bounds which set every one onthe o.ui vlve. Indeed ; one of : the delights of the function waa "found in watching how different guests attempted to disguise tneir emoarrassment wnen iney zouna themselves suddenly on the stage, as rt were. Before 1 o'clock th drawing room was crowded4 with- people., and the weather being beautiful, an ad journment was made to the garden, where seats and tables were laid out. and the health- of the bride and bride groom toasted: Facing the garden were a number of scrolls bearing Chi nese characters all uniting in wishing the bridgroom good luck. In the drawing room ,the guests were introaucted to Mrs. Lau and the la dles of the family. Mrs. Lau insisted that the male section ahould quaff a glass of wine with, bey in honor of her By RED BUCK. 0 NB-HSYED. Tom a noted feline KnthusIaMn outlaw, ranges from North Tryon oa the , east to ' Graham on the a roS The moment I heard the news or r Vilsi Msmal SMMilAk IT - Mk Jt a. ! f M son's marriags. and there was a rlghjj 1S fit. nZJSLtSZTt ,vii inHt.tin rWil. "MP. tua.ooya d One-eyed Tom.' I i( flee but with one another So, In the .which appears the number of the car event of Aire a remote event, Indeed, rlage wanted, it happens very often considering an me eaieguarns in use, i that Urtver is In a doze on his r;ox v 'but yet an event that must bo provid r "i ed against this telephone signal irys t tem would enable the operators to u ' (, void the sonfuslon and delay which Is 'apt to prove a great source of danger. ' iJSesldes, tho elevator signs! system . Would Drove verv useful If one nf Ihe f! ears Should meet with an accident be-i B"V. waking the driver twven floors. V J Another remarkable fact about this . interesting -aravanHHry Is that the, flights ran inever go nut. exepi for the I instant required to set the etoraitc ; ! batterv in mutii.n Ar i.ltliriti i ' mos and the lonsctiuent loss of elec- j ' trie light throughout the house, with1 , j th acroinpainmeiit of the porters and ! j bell boKS bumping their way fr..rn one i i room to another lighting th g;is Jets,' ;; have been one of the . hlef batten of; f .jthe hotel mans existence. A capacious' '; Storage batterv precludes ti-.uhle of j this kind, and only the hitel clet tiic- i Jans thetnselvex know w lien tin power wheels far below the R t ea t and before he notices the sign some one has to dig him In the ribs. An attendant at this new uptown hotel, however, stirs the man on tho box by means of a searchltght. AV'hen suddenly turned upon the lines of waiting vehicles the horses get ftld- tip, a nil so without confusion the right carriage tnrts for the door at the right mo ment. The story of the revolution th it e leitrlcty hu 'produced In hotel meth ods would not be complete with out mention of the pleasure produced, in addition to the comfort nnrl conven ience, in the Orangerle of tho Axtor an elect rlcnl scheme muses coti1s i'i appear across the oelllnRs with the moon shining through thern: arid this gives the finishing touch to the pre- vailing iilmosphcre. Different colored liRltts are thrown upon the guests, en- ! hnndng the beauty of many dazzl- tig gown and Invisible globes behind ! 'I of.jhe walls Increase the realistic effects Mop4V,f the pulntml scenes. the uavemeiitu nf 11 SMeejjng t-'ioors Ultli omprehned Air. ,i Zf P". ,Wlr I""-' ,n 'h'"t ho,-1 llkp this latest one JlllUed to dine or daiu-e In Ihe brtl- - of whl.-h New York boasts Is a unions liancy of. thousands of elwtrlc light. , exposition of the prsrtlal side of scl Camfort and convenience are the ' rntlfle progress. It might be regardl prime bjet of all these rneihunical , a an lctrlcal show: hut as mt wonders, and even small matters du ter of fad, it in simply the twnitlctli iot . ascape the revolution. Once upuo I century hotel tt combination of ever v. ,,. .y,,f w, m.rj iv in- own t nun Kins ui as regards both liec- invoivea muxm loss of time, not oniv to toe gut thtamsvlve but also to the employ?. Is this house tjlie maid who take the key from the guest places it to a pneumatic tube and prs lT 4t 1 in the hands of the elrk I-erhaps- before the ust has pushed the boll -fo the elevator. v The letVtpi ttftomutufc hnrn. la I r py on compared with that of her I I 4mi:&pm'im9';W9ni .ad f bandagtrtgi-iiaad.-;. and'rtuckiiig -mp ' n4 i''Uirwnt?i .':iHt)tiHt'-'pa lo offset clouds of dust. Tbo bons. i aid lmpl nm wUmi might ' i a pneumauo proom over the carpeU tssaties and luxuries. The largest Com FleH. St. Paul Ittspnteb. The largest fleld of corn In the t'nlted elates If nv Id the world bus Just lm lisrvestMi on the Adams farm In gao county nar Odebolt. One hundred and B men working Jth ) horses and Ihlrtr-aeysa aore cutters have shucked torn to the estimstsd anwuot of m.m vamvmf-AMm,,::uut,pwmi:': of the farm, scends ttis OMtvt .... . Jtdeago, Where bs-reslde With hie 7am' ( tt : r I iSelles and Beaux of the ruture j! Yp:M tjit nivri' '; xtt. " 1 A" f 4. ' ' 'f ' V 'SsL.' - 4 ia, sssiang(ggissV f ! V f- 11 The IlctMro at tlto TVjp Hlnms tdttle Mm Matilda Jordan Ilaitcock, Ag Seven Vesrs, Daogliter of powtraastcr and Mrs. Keytiiour W, Hancock, . of Xewbernr Use Lower XUit la That of llsster .William Baxter JIusmcv. Age li Months, Son of Mr, and Mm. KlcHoUa ' liuser, or Clutrloitc r : 7 "T7 ywf::rr?Ti . ; - Son of Mr. and Vn, Nicholas llusaey, of Otarlottc royal response to the Invitation, In deed, nothlnar was left undone to en tertain the European visitors, and it is safe to aay that a good many of those present learned, for the first time, what Chinese hospitality really means, and how a Chinese gentleman does honor to his friends. There was an abundance of refreshments, and to show how the comfort of the visitors was considered it may be mentioned that there were two drawing rooms, one where the gentlemen could smoke at their ease, and another, a beauti fully decorated apartment, where the ladles assembled and chatted with their host and hostess. The walls of the ladles' room were hung with embroidered emblematic scenes. One banner, which was a pres ent to the bridegroom from the schol ars of the Kills Kadoorie School, of which Mr. Lau Chu Pak la president. bore a pictoral design of four genera tions of males. Th senior was repre sented holding a pomegrante. while behind the males was a Cinese lady the whole scene being an illustration of the bliss and happiness that attend I a contented mind and a happy married lire, -rne names of the donors of the banner was inscribed in letters of gold. . ' Allegorical scenes, which appeal so strongly to the Chinese mind, were on fve.y side, and manjr of V.e guests spent a profitable day in examining the designs and elucidating their meaning. The Chinese present, when they were not catering to the wants of the Europeans, were engaged in telling the . stories which these, alle gories represntea. Many lntresting Incident occurred during the receptelon. At one stage three little girls mounted on white pal freys rode into the grounds of the house and presented gifts to the bride groom. They , were ambassadors from the bride, who thus made- propitiatory offerings to their future lord and mas ter. It is usually satd and believed that the bride does not see her future husband until the wedding ceremonies are completed, but that is very much a myth so far as the educated class in Hongkong are concerned. i : In the course of the afternoon a goat gaudily dresser with scarlet ribbons waa led out of the grounds and sent to the bride's house. The goat repre- f zeuiea me Driugroom .Which, may seem funny from the "Western point of iew. It seems that In former days tho bridegroom was expected to go to the house of the bride In prppria per cona, but the duties of the bridegroom are so onerous and fatiguing that a substitute was found in a goat. Later In the day the bridegroom himself went to greet his bride,' accompanied by an Immense paraphernalia or orna mental sedan ehatrs.'banners, gongs, i'"iB itu u utiles. ' $; - , Shortly after 4 o'clock the fireworks were, set off, and the ears of those present were cracking with the din long ere the pyrotechnic display had finished. Then the bridal procession was formed and paraded round the grounds so that the guests might hv spect the various exhibits. This was only the first day of - the marriage ceremonies. Mr. Lau Ohu Pak and his son had been busy re ceiving guests, running hither and thither in order that none might be overlooked, from 1 aclock In the morn lng; It was now 5 o'clock In the even. Ing and they started on their travels to the bride's residence. There was a big dinner to attend in the evening, and there were two more days of there festivities. In the evening the majority of the guests who bad been present in 'the afternoon sat down to a real Chinese dinner in one of the fashionable Chi nese restaurants in the city. Every thing that one has heard and read of as constituting Chinese faro waa to be found on the menu. west, and from Twelfth on the north to Trade on the south, but the resi dents of the blocka that are -bounded by Ohurcb. Tenth. Pine and Seventh streets know him best fop. It io there that he prowls and rules. - '.",.,- ' v .1 have . never liked One-eyed Tom. this notorious cat, and never will, tor he is a brutal assassin; his crimes are numosrea . by the hundred. My first Knowledge of him and his . malicious ness kept Tne from aleen half a nlahL One morning,' as I came 'up-town, I heard Tony, a Mttle friend of mine, sayr "johnnie, come here, quick and see What old One-eyed Tom ha done! 'He nas Kiiiea oia Bailie's kittens!- - 4 ' , Tony a amair ehild,.m knee pants, but a lie 'relied the- sensational jiewa over the garden fence, to 'his next-door neighbor,; that day he was livid with" pent up excitement, He was f p.c to face with, the first toul, deed of hia ex perionce. The ..willful' wan ton : act : ot One-eyed Tom had shocked him. " Three days-beforo hls old oat, Salllo, the pet of the SfnTily..had produced 'live tiny, baby cats, -and all her friends were de lighted;.' t i r i? Yv v tk'(V I knew fullwelf tne import of Tony's words, for J Jsriow the cat to be a cruel, heartless anlmal.il had never heard of One-eyed Tom' but my imagination pic tured a skulking, slinking torn, such aa every community, harbors. ' . t I did not doubt that this boys charge waa true. r T,he father of ateline faml- y ib ui o.uoaiBBi. ot a,n oeaauit'ior ne will destroy bU; own offspring; forsol ilah reasons.n Pvery country-raised boy knows, the. One -eyed .Tom. type. ; Many a boy haa retired at night, thinking ot the beautiful kittens that ho had dls--covered 'In the . barn . thai , day,." and stirred 1 early,',, the next morning, to find nothing. - left' of the Idear ' little things but mangled remain.- Ij',y' Tony knew not ot this unseemly prac tice, and his sorrow was so great that ne was reaoy to weep. A rural lad would not have: taken time to cry but gone in search of the villain with the fixed purpose of killing nlnw 1 have in mind three man. who. when vouns sters, ran - down and slew such a cat.. ii requirea aays to ao the rworlt nut it waa wen done in the end.; The prospect of with A cat of, great bone and self conn aence aeugntea him. 'My back yard v harbored many cats that night; but thaJ fence challenger and One-eyed Tom v were the stars. . s " , ;' " 1 "Come - down," said "Tom, as he'' walked close and addressed the haugh-' ty fence-walker. - 1 -i v s 'Certainly," declared the challenger; 1 as he swung off to the ground.' Inqh by , inch the two crept together',-"' swearing at each other aa they ap-v ' proached. Manv , timid .felinea -who 1 or uuo-cyou iom Hitnaea away, lorx1.' ' they, were sore afraid, but the bolder,". w.n: ( viiwillinj to see H. Ul. -v V ' n - r rir rHne-evd Tnm u n.........') -. m ins advance. . He made up his 'i. mmo 10 perena himself, and let his op- :-M ponent, be; the aggressor. Being his ".'.,. first fight. in that,, community tne i V" fence-walker had to make a reputation - 4 i ' for b'maelf, Ht must win and take his o ' !.' stand among his new neighbors. There- ' fore; 'When tie went to One-eyed Tom, ' V with determination to 'win, he. flew ,T 1 through the iir andit' on top of the,1' rfr Old' yellow oat'a back. ,The battia waa ri, 5 ways ready; ha never shirk when there, f? n 'si ia fighting to b done, riAs) hia advers-' . - him on All Inuw tat ami 1 r oa m .,. ' f a) reception ha got, for the fur .began . to fly; f Round and round, no and down. 1 and all about the Tommiee went, yell-- ! nig, . cmwing - ana ' oiling. une-eyeav Tom said but Mttle, and that waa both ing mora than a amint. Ha aavsit his Iff breath tot- the iaat rounda.of the scut- ' U i fle. : '.'"..'..,ii - . x-- jTI There was' a s?reat mixture of rblaek i" .3 and yellow f u r, The black cat had- the greater reach, but Tom was more pow- ',w ; l erfutln-Wa legs, and his life had beenc -JZ spent in he arena. After the rontest v': had been going on for some' ttm I" S could see that the black cat was loth- i'M1. to enter the ring after each succeeding.-' He would have aladir; siven half Of ' his 'tolnn.. llvss fne tn Aairw urmtr out:of that difficulty but One-eyed oVFV was just beginning to get mad,, Henca V .; after a fierce aet-to I waa not surprised , l to see the black cat break away and '-''-.i make for the back' fence.' with th one.4 "f- eyed devil at his heels. 1 do not think ' ". that either cat touched the, fence but 1 A when onc,eUiey struck th street the . t black cat , . out-distanced Tom. The i - -, ngnt waa over and l-thought mora Of ' Tom.-, t , . - ' j" . The nut day. being Wednesday, my Sunday;-1 hunted Tony and Johnnie, 1 . , my little friends, and tracked One-eyed ' Tom, His foot prints were easy to foj-1 -low, for there had been a recent rain.' Block after block w traced the pecu-' liar track, left by Tom, and we went far out of what I had considered .his ' territory. ., v After having rambled for an hour, or more we came up on a one room cabin,, located in a poverty stricken section -of the city. .In the frontdoor of 'that Mttle; house waa a cat-hole, and, the trail of -' One-eyed Tom led- there. The top of ' the hole was slick, and In the inside' corner a few yellow hair. We had evidently denned Tom. The rickety old ' building looked deserted: we thought it was vacant but when we knocked, a faint voice said: "Come In! '... : W were shocked. Who could be tnj that placeT Was. the voice human, or . not? Could this strange old cit, Onei.':"" eyed Tom be the spirit of some de-' -parted person? But we did not .ponder-, y long, for the door was drawn open, and we were ,iace to face with an old lady knew that It would take good detective work-to eaten Mm, Tor his kind always slink, and Meal, about like the' human cowara or tnier, and are hard to over take. . ,( The history of thla cat Is'lnterestlng. Hie life haa been one Contlnuoua act of brutality. Since be waa six Months old he has been an outlaw In the eyes of man and beast. Being friendless he looks out for One-eyed Tom, . The dtjga chase him, the boys throw rocks at him and the other, torn consptro against him., The struggle: for existence haa been bitter with him, -and the sun has not shown on his path many times ia his career of seven years. , Therefore, his disposition haa been warped, and he scoffs at all that is good. Nothing de lights htm more than to slay the young of a good old house .cat, like Sallle. -But Tom had one admirable trait of character. He is fearless and always willing for a fair fight. He lost his left eye in a terrible back-yard affafy with two -mighty felines who combined on him, but he fought until h could not wiggle his tail. His assailants left him I whose hair: waa white with ase and' wr una. ; . wmiKieu ana saa. ' - Having learned' the foregoing facts I "Com in children,", she siid. lit a '"' about One-eyed Tom. my interest in pitiful 1 but sweet voice. 'Come . in. t him grew. I .was always looking or. there's nobody here But me and Jerry, listening for him. My vigilance was ' my pet cat!" J " " rewaruea one moonut nigni m ueCTm- we aoceptea me invitation and went . ber. I had finkhed my work at The in. What we saw there was interest-" Observer office, and was on the way ; ing. On one corner of the hearth laV home, at 2 o'clock in the morning.. All j pne-eyed Tom, folded in sleep, He was was quiet along the way, .Aa I crossed curled in a close circle and looked as Church street, at Seventh, and turned clean, and peaceful as man or beast north, up the west sidewalk I saw a crouching animal come out of Eighth and turn from me, A cold chill passed over me, for I knew that I was close to One-eyed Tom. Stopping atlll In my tracks I leaned against a tree and waited. The terrible Tom trotted, on. swinging low, with tail down and back swayed. Evidently he was afraid ot being observed. He was stealthily traveling from one neighborhood to an other. He looked friendless and hunt- ea. out independent. Quail Live With Chickens. .. ' ; CTHCtnnefrTCnqulrefT ' ' ' Near the barnyard ' of , Lit Loftand, a fsrmer of this county, an old quail hatched her brood and the 'entire family proceeded to make Itself at home with the chickens. , ' " , K v ' They followed the fowls around contin ually, bnt one day : the mother with twelve of her little ansa disappeared, leav ing the thirteenth alone, and th quail seemed to be as contented aa though It While standing there watching One- eyed Tom. I heard a cat cry out in the- rear of the cox house, on tm corner of Tryon and Ninth streets. As the. fierce call "broke on the still night One eyed Tom stopped, listened, waved his tail to the tight and' left, 'and tnen started forward, going at a livller gait. He had already heard the news and was going to the scene of the battia I knew that a cat fight was going on where the: outcry originated. One- eyed Tom had no business going there, but those were the places he went; that was part of his Ufa, doing things that he ought not to do.- He waa a meddler. Therefore, wnen, nve, min utes later, I heard a pitiful cry and saw two cats come rushing into, the street ahead of roe, 1 was not surprised, for the very sight of One-eyed Tom make other felines break for cover, ; ; r,;;, , v I had seen One-eyed Tom, and stud ied his track. I noticed that he had lost a toe off one hind foot, and .hence his track was different from other oats. Every morning after ; that for . two weeks, I saw One-eyed " Tonv's toot print in Church street, I called Tony and Johnnie and other small boys, and showed them his trail. We had gained something. On Christmas night, when every child in the city waa tired and sleepy from playing with the beautiful things old Santa Claus had brought, One-eyed Tom made a raid on Tony's mother's chicken, yard and carried away a tiny pullet ' We traced him by his missing toe. There was no mistake about it. One-eyed. Tom was guilty. - Having discovered that. One-eyed Tom lacked a toe. It was very little tr-fuble to tell his track from that of other cats. It waa my purpose to run this villain -down and find his home. The sorriest,' or the meanest of ; eats has a place to go. I imagined that One-eyed ' Tom spent th day light hours In some unused house, where be could hide,' tor he Is a skulker. . " 'Early one morning, not many days ago, on going out into my back yard I saw One-eyed Tom'r ?raek.Hs had been prowling about the house. My own dear Sallle cat had announced moonlight party for the following night, and One-eyed Tom waa prepar ing to take part in the function. His claws were sharp, and his teeth on edge. That night, when I got within a block of home-.-1 heard the echoes of the frolic. 'A Thomas cat "with mighty lungs was telling of his prowess from a neighbor's fence. His complaint was to the skies out ir any terrestrial do- evec, looked before. Our arrival did not concern him in the least, and while we looked about at the wretched room, and th scanty furnishings, Tom dreamed and snored. He slept as ( his conscience were clear, 4 ' ; -"Tea, you young people are welcome. for I never see many strangers," said the old lady, "me and Jerry stay here ; day after day, sometimes without see ' .f lng a soul for a week. I love Jerry ; and he loves me." I have owned him; ; ' since he vas a little klttten. He lost . his eye one' night, but I doctored hlm and he recovered. I have the hole In. i the door so that he ca,n go out at nighty If he wants to, but he is always here ' when I wake. He comes to my bed u ? every morning and lick -my hand, aa , . : good aa to say that It Is time for me to ,, get up. He is great company for meK - and I do not know what I would do , l without him." x We had learned enough. One-eyed Tom Is somebody's darling if he is ; fi nlght-prowllng villain, r - ; Such Is lifer The worst of men or animals have some good qualities. '",.- 1 1 1 i ' ,", t Assisted In Reimbursing Rev.' M. H.' V Hoyle for Loss of His Horse. , ; , To the Editor ot The Observer: . The following is a list of those who; unsolicited, contributed so generously '.-:-; toward reimbursing me for the loss JV of my horse in the firs at Cbchrane's ' -subie last fall: . : 1 .Mr. H. L. McManus." $8jEte., Ed Thompson. $5; Dr. Redwfne, $S; ,' ' Miss H. E. Lee, $5; Mr. D. K-cS-lncher, 1; Mr. Walter Cuthbertson,. If: Mr. i . ; O. P, Heath, $10; Mr. Henry Belk,'1'- ' 15: Mr. J. Lee Hoyle. 110: Rev" Aler""-- AycocJc, ti; Mr. George Flncher, $1;''" t Dr. Dossett and pons, 1 5; Wedding-" .' ton church, IIS. , Matthews. Jan, 5, 10. - . Pigeon Goes -to Bank Every Day; mmrm With h old mislL ' Ttflafiil ntnvil to another farm this week and the quail , ing cared to take tt s a challenge so was cooped up with ths chickens and ! much the better. This arrogant feline token to ita new home, where it enjoys III immensely. -i . Rtoks Pogrs Churchyard rilled. ' London Pally Express. ' t. , 1 Utoke I'oges Churchyard, which con tstim the tomb of the poet Oray, and Is hit siililcot or tils famous lew.; is ho. log nllNl so 'rapidly that Inst night th Hloisgh Urbnn t.'onnetl reeelveI a letter from the Htok' Poges I'arish Council uislng them to immadistely provide a buruu grouno lor-tn uisinci. was new in the neighorhoborhood, and Ihe fully believed that his striking fea tures, his powerrut iimos ana m pret ty, glossy fur would carry him through, but he reckoned without sufficient knowledge of the mighty One-eyed Tom. Ten minutes later as I cracked my side-feuc gate and peeped in, I saw a sight worth going miles to see. One eyed Tom had put In his appearance, and bis lone eye sparkled with genuine i- ' Indianapolis Times, t ... Everard H., Hadley, asslsUnt cashier -'. of the Farmer's Bank, last summer rala-i, rf Jv ed a beautiful ,whlt pigeon which Is e ; J great pet. The pigeon .began -following ' , him to the bank every day, gelng home 4i : with him to meals. - T, ii in pigeon , nappens to De late and' tti i misses Its owner, It files to the bank ( ; and beats, against ths window with its f wings till th door is opened,' or else . ' tnlres tts station on in .t4i -i - ' . " v. - r ' : .Hviwi.viynr.. '. sign nearby and watches tot a patron to.'l entsrthe bank; when It allghu 6d . the - - ; man's shoulder, rides into , the bank and 4 seeks a position near Mr. kHadIsy, mat cAPTAis. Lloyd Roberts in Every body's Magaslnev Heft ber-In the palace 'grounds, - Surrounded by a conquered raosu' Whose tongue; .;ww keener than their' . swords, . -, , Ti, ., , Whose love, went not beyond her ' i x, f faet V Tt "r "v - , v"4 ? ", ) . "a?,1 (. itA t t' She did nor bid me go. or tsy - J - I met the guard below the MteV v And with her .name behind my lip. . - Roda out to meet a klndr,ate. f f. I f ' ! 'r-'tt They brought me back at set ef 'sun, . -Upborne upon a couch of spears, ' And laid me at her careless feet-. . J . I beard her laughter change to tears, l.ssw her stoop and touch the blade That held her honor still so bright: While through thetioor of )eath my sou! t Went singing out beyond tbs nfghU
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